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lördag 19 maj 2012

Eurovision 2012: A stylish Nordic party

Last night
the Norwegian embassy hosted a party for the Nordic delegations in a fabulous building called Philharmonic Society. It was the
day after the Norwegian Constitution Day and Alexander Rybak was invited as
special guest. Unfortunately the sound equipment was not according to
expectations and after a few songs Rybak decided to stop his performance
without playing his winning Eurovision entry “Fairytale”.

The Nordic
Eurovision delegations and artists were all present: Pernilla from Finland, Loreen from
Sweden, Tooji from Norway, Soluna from Denmark and Greta & Jonsi from
Iceland. Norway is the only country having an embassy in Azerbaijan because of
the oil industry.

Sabina from
Azerbaijan was the only artist to perform and she also gave gifts to the
Norwegian ambassador Erling Skjønsberg and to Tooji.

Two composers: Jonas Karlsson who wrote the Finnish entry "När Jag Blundar" and Greta Salomon, from Iceland who is the artist as well as composer of "Never Forget".